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Wanna play? X. I i Monday, March 29, 1999 catsis.weber.edusignpost Volume 61 Number 55 This year's AAT one-act plays will creatively discuss the birds and the bees and the meaning of relationships. see a&e page 6 Online voting draws better turnout By Leo Dirr campus affairs editor-77ie Signpost For ihe first lime ever, ihe Associated Students of Weber State University primary elections were conducted online, and nearly. twice as many students voted as in last year's primaries, according to Roque Manzanares, ASWSU government relations director. Last year about 600 students voted in poll booths during primary elections, Manzanares said. This year, 1,091 students voted for president, according to ASWSU numbers released Friday. "We're very excited about the turnout," Manzanares said. "We had more people vote, and it was less work to count the ballots." Since it was the first year the university has used online voting, a few problems surfaced. Students who voted and then wanted to go back a screen to verify or change their votes were ejected from the system when they pressed the back browser button. Once they were out of the system, the computer would not allow them to reenter the voting process. Consequently, those who tried to go back did not get to vote for all of the candidates. Manzanares said he wants to make it clear to students that .they can't go back a screen. However, if the screen they're on, they can. This makes the system a little more flexible than the punch ballots used in the booths, he said. With the punch ballots, once you've voted for a candidate there is no way to change your vote. The most confusion resulted from this year's restriction saying that a student may only vote for a traditional or a nontraditiohal senator candidate. Students who voted for both negated their vote for traditional senator. Manzanares said there was a disclaimer on the screen telling students they could only vote for one of the two senate seats. But, he realized many students didn't notice it when he saw that the computer recorded 571 votes for nontraditional and 354 for traditional. "1 don't think it gave any one tra- See Vote page 8 ASWSU primary election results President Dee Hansen 506 Cody J. Craynor 339 Andrew Shafer 172 Jeremy Brunner 74 Science Matt Ashton 455 Joel Taylor 349 Mason Humpheyrs 126 Social & Behavioral Sciences Nate Morris 605 Aaron Hillnian 190 Stephen Bisogno 147 Traditional Students Danny Hatch 'l40 David Moses 122 Paul Biesinger 92 Nontraditional Students Shelly L. Belflower 292 Zane Froerer 192 Gayle M. Trigg-Kennington 87 J . Lorine Murtagh and Dick Davis wrap prizes for the Grad Finale. Prize-filled last hurrah to be held for 1998-99 graduates By Tyler A. Holt managing edhor-The Signpost With only six weeks to go until commencement, Weber State University graduates are probably feeling much like the contestants on the retro game show "Let's Make a Deal." As these students must now move on from university life and make life-altering decisions, some upcoming graduates may be feeling like they have to choose the job behind door number one, door number two or risk getting stuck with the zonker prize. In the spirit of this upcoming tran sition and in celebration of the graduates' many accomplishments, the Alumni Association is throwing its first-ever Grad Finale party, with an actual "Let's Make a Deal" game show as the main event. "These students arc changing status, and we want to kind of welcome them over that threshold and say, '"Now you're one of us. You're one of 70,000 alumni who have gone through this institution, and that makes you special,'" said Jodi Kilcup, executive director of Alumni See Finale page 9 NOW president defines feminism n. i, "1 "This is what a radical feminist looks like," said Patricia Ireland, president of the National Organization for Women, about herself when she first started speaking Friday at the co-sponsored Honors Issues Forum and Convocation. Ireland came to help celebrate Women's History Month at Weber State University. By Kari Lynn Harland news editor-The Signpost Feminism has become the new f-word, according to Patricia Ireland, president of the National Organization for Women, who spoke at Friday's Convocations and Honors Issues Forum co-sponsored event. Ireland said she has been searching for the true definition of feminism. She found one by Pat Robinson, which said, "Feminism was a movement that had nothing to do with equality; it was designed to teach women to leave our husbands, kill our children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians." Ireland said she liked the definition she saw on a young man's T-shirt better. It said, "Feminism is the radical notion that women are people." However, Ireland said she hasn't found a definition yet that suited her better than Rebecca West's quote, "I have never been able to determine exactly what feminism is. I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat." Ireland said history shows her that government and business has always been run by rich, while, able-bodied and apparently straight men. Abigail Adams told her husband to "remember the ladies," when they drew up the Constitution: John Adams told his wife that the men knew what they were doiirt. In 1 848. the first Women's Rights movement began with a meeting held by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass. They signed a Declaration of Sentiments which slated men and women were created equal. I lowever. the idea of women having the right to vote was still appalling to most people. "Today's radical notion often becomes tomorrow's main-See Feminism page 8 Faculty senate gives OK for MBA program By Kari Lynn Harland news editor-The Signpost The Weber State University faculty senate approved the courses for a master's of business administration last Thursday, but not without raising some questions. James Wilson, chairman of curriculum and general education, and Michael Vaughan, dean of the John B. Goddard School of Business and Economics, proposed a 12-course program of 36 credit hours which could be completed in 56 weeks. Vaughn explained that the classes would be offered at night so students who are working full-time could complete the program on the side. He said the classes would be taught so that 60 percent of the class time would be spent face-to-face with the professor, and 40 percent would be Internet instruction: However, the speed with which students would be able to complete the program and low number of credit hours bothered some of the faculty senate members. Wayne Meadows said other institutions' MBA programs, such as the University of Phoenix and Ihe University of Utah, are about 48 credit hours, and students taking the classes al night are only allowed to take 8 credit hours al a time instead of the 12 WSU allows. Vaughan explained that the courses proposed were for students who already had their bachelor's degree in business. For students w ho earned degrees in another field of study, an additional 13 courses would be required. Vaughan also said students didn't hav e lo complete the program in one year, but it would be possible for those w ho would want to. "We fully expect thai most students will lake more than a year," he said. Although there were two votes against and two abstentions, llie proposed program was passed. 'I he program is not expected :. .si until August 2000. inside post news see page 2&3 editorial see pag. '4 a & e see page 6 SportS seepage 10 Classifieds . . . .seepage 12

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Wanna play? X. I i Monday, March 29, 1999 catsis.weber.edusignpost Volume 61 Number 55 This year's AAT one-act plays will creatively discuss the birds and the bees and the meaning of relationships. see a&e page 6 Online voting draws better turnout By Leo Dirr campus affairs editor-77ie Signpost For ihe first lime ever, ihe Associated Students of Weber State University primary elections were conducted online, and nearly. twice as many students voted as in last year's primaries, according to Roque Manzanares, ASWSU government relations director. Last year about 600 students voted in poll booths during primary elections, Manzanares said. This year, 1,091 students voted for president, according to ASWSU numbers released Friday. "We're very excited about the turnout," Manzanares said. "We had more people vote, and it was less work to count the ballots." Since it was the first year the university has used online voting, a few problems surfaced. Students who voted and then wanted to go back a screen to verify or change their votes were ejected from the system when they pressed the back browser button. Once they were out of the system, the computer would not allow them to reenter the voting process. Consequently, those who tried to go back did not get to vote for all of the candidates. Manzanares said he wants to make it clear to students that .they can't go back a screen. However, if the screen they're on, they can. This makes the system a little more flexible than the punch ballots used in the booths, he said. With the punch ballots, once you've voted for a candidate there is no way to change your vote. The most confusion resulted from this year's restriction saying that a student may only vote for a traditional or a nontraditiohal senator candidate. Students who voted for both negated their vote for traditional senator. Manzanares said there was a disclaimer on the screen telling students they could only vote for one of the two senate seats. But, he realized many students didn't notice it when he saw that the computer recorded 571 votes for nontraditional and 354 for traditional. "1 don't think it gave any one tra- See Vote page 8 ASWSU primary election results President Dee Hansen 506 Cody J. Craynor 339 Andrew Shafer 172 Jeremy Brunner 74 Science Matt Ashton 455 Joel Taylor 349 Mason Humpheyrs 126 Social & Behavioral Sciences Nate Morris 605 Aaron Hillnian 190 Stephen Bisogno 147 Traditional Students Danny Hatch 'l40 David Moses 122 Paul Biesinger 92 Nontraditional Students Shelly L. Belflower 292 Zane Froerer 192 Gayle M. Trigg-Kennington 87 J . Lorine Murtagh and Dick Davis wrap prizes for the Grad Finale. Prize-filled last hurrah to be held for 1998-99 graduates By Tyler A. Holt managing edhor-The Signpost With only six weeks to go until commencement, Weber State University graduates are probably feeling much like the contestants on the retro game show "Let's Make a Deal." As these students must now move on from university life and make life-altering decisions, some upcoming graduates may be feeling like they have to choose the job behind door number one, door number two or risk getting stuck with the zonker prize. In the spirit of this upcoming tran sition and in celebration of the graduates' many accomplishments, the Alumni Association is throwing its first-ever Grad Finale party, with an actual "Let's Make a Deal" game show as the main event. "These students arc changing status, and we want to kind of welcome them over that threshold and say, '"Now you're one of us. You're one of 70,000 alumni who have gone through this institution, and that makes you special,'" said Jodi Kilcup, executive director of Alumni See Finale page 9 NOW president defines feminism n. i, "1 "This is what a radical feminist looks like," said Patricia Ireland, president of the National Organization for Women, about herself when she first started speaking Friday at the co-sponsored Honors Issues Forum and Convocation. Ireland came to help celebrate Women's History Month at Weber State University. By Kari Lynn Harland news editor-The Signpost Feminism has become the new f-word, according to Patricia Ireland, president of the National Organization for Women, who spoke at Friday's Convocations and Honors Issues Forum co-sponsored event. Ireland said she has been searching for the true definition of feminism. She found one by Pat Robinson, which said, "Feminism was a movement that had nothing to do with equality; it was designed to teach women to leave our husbands, kill our children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians." Ireland said she liked the definition she saw on a young man's T-shirt better. It said, "Feminism is the radical notion that women are people." However, Ireland said she hasn't found a definition yet that suited her better than Rebecca West's quote, "I have never been able to determine exactly what feminism is. I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat." Ireland said history shows her that government and business has always been run by rich, while, able-bodied and apparently straight men. Abigail Adams told her husband to "remember the ladies," when they drew up the Constitution: John Adams told his wife that the men knew what they were doiirt. In 1 848. the first Women's Rights movement began with a meeting held by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass. They signed a Declaration of Sentiments which slated men and women were created equal. I lowever. the idea of women having the right to vote was still appalling to most people. "Today's radical notion often becomes tomorrow's main-See Feminism page 8 Faculty senate gives OK for MBA program By Kari Lynn Harland news editor-The Signpost The Weber State University faculty senate approved the courses for a master's of business administration last Thursday, but not without raising some questions. James Wilson, chairman of curriculum and general education, and Michael Vaughan, dean of the John B. Goddard School of Business and Economics, proposed a 12-course program of 36 credit hours which could be completed in 56 weeks. Vaughn explained that the classes would be offered at night so students who are working full-time could complete the program on the side. He said the classes would be taught so that 60 percent of the class time would be spent face-to-face with the professor, and 40 percent would be Internet instruction: However, the speed with which students would be able to complete the program and low number of credit hours bothered some of the faculty senate members. Wayne Meadows said other institutions' MBA programs, such as the University of Phoenix and Ihe University of Utah, are about 48 credit hours, and students taking the classes al night are only allowed to take 8 credit hours al a time instead of the 12 WSU allows. Vaughan explained that the courses proposed were for students who already had their bachelor's degree in business. For students w ho earned degrees in another field of study, an additional 13 courses would be required. Vaughan also said students didn't hav e lo complete the program in one year, but it would be possible for those w ho would want to. "We fully expect thai most students will lake more than a year," he said. Although there were two votes against and two abstentions, llie proposed program was passed. 'I he program is not expected :. .si until August 2000. inside post news see page 2&3 editorial see pag. '4 a & e see page 6 SportS seepage 10 Classifieds . . . .seepage 12